Jacob pelbel



(No Model.)

J. FELBEL.

PEN HOLDER.

No. 330,881. Patented Nov. 24, 1885.

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JACOB FELBEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO LOUISA LAWRENCE, OF SAME PLACE.

PEN-HOLDER.

QPECIE'ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,881, dated November 24, 1885.

Application filed October 23,1885. Serial No. 180,711. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AOOB FELBEL, a citi zen of theUnited States, and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pen-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

Previous to myinvention pen-holders composed of an outer barrel and an inner barrel or nib-piece have been made and the two parts have been secured together in a variety of ways. Riveting has been much resorted to; but this mode of securing the parts is slow and expensive, and is objectionable for the reason that the rivet-head projects and in the use of the pen-holder bears uncomfortably on the finger. Furthermore, the presence of the projecting rivet-head is objectionable in reversible pen-holders where it is required that the outer barrel shall be of a smooth and even exterior to fit nicely into the hollow handle or case. barrel with a depressed transverse loop. and to provide the inner nib-piece with a longitudinal tongue for engagement therewith, and to interlock these devices by swaging or upsetting. Pen-holders so made are, however, objectionable for the reason that the parts are not securely held together. The tongue being made necessarily of very thin metal is apt to become disengaged from the loop and the nibpiece withdrawn from the barrelupon the act of pulling out a pen, particularly if it be an old and corroded one. To obviate this objection, this mode of securing the barrel and nib-piece together has been modified and a somewhat better result produced by bending down the free end of the tongue in a vertical plane; but this mode of securing the parts together involves several operations or manipulations and renders the manufacture of the pen-holders necessarily slow.

By my improvement I provide a means whereby the barrel and nib-piece are securely held together against longitudinal movement; and pen-holders made according to my invention may be produced quicker and cheaper than those made heretofore.

In carrying out my invention I form the barrel with a transverse tongue, and the nibpiece with a longitudinal slit or opening It has been suggested to form the outer through which the tongue passes by a relatively turning movement of the barrel and nib-piece, all as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a plan view of the under side of a pen-holder made according to my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-section taken at the line at 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective View of the nib-piece, and Fig. 4: is a similar View of the outer barrel.

In the several views the same part will be found designated by the same letters of reference.

A is the handle of the pen-holder, upon which the barrel or sleeve 13 is mounted, as usual, and O is the nibpiece fitted within the barrel, these two devices constituting the means for holding the shank of a pen, as well understood.

The barrel B and nib-pieceGare held tightly together in the following manner: A tongue, (1, is formed in the barrel by slitting the metal transversely at the lines I) b and longitudinally at the line N, which tongue is then preferably bent down a distance slightly in excess of the thickness of the metal composing the nib-piece. A longitudinal opening is formed in the nib-piecc simply by making a slit or cut, a, and the metal on one side of the slit is then slightly depressed so as to make the opening wider and permit of the easy introduction of the tongue. At the rear end of the nib-piece the metal is preferably bent down, as indicated at (1, so that the inner end of the nib-piece may be passed under the tongue when it shall have been depressed, and thus permit the nib-piece to be inserted within the barrel to the proper extent. The nibpiece is then pushed into the barrel. The inclined depressed portion d thereof having been turned in line with the tongue a will pass under and graduallyraise the latter until it rides on the cylindrical portion of the nib piece. When the nib-piece shall have been inserted to the proper extent-that is, until its opening a shall have come in line with the tongue a-the nib-piece (preferably) is turned around within the barrel and the tongue caused to pass through the opening 0 in the nib-piece, as shown.

By'thus, forming and putting together the.

parts, I have found in practice that apeny holder is produced that may be cheaply and quickly made and one that is better than any that heretofore existed, for less time and labor are involved in securing the parts together, and because there is no possibility in the use of the article of pushing or pulling the nibpiece and barrel apart.

In lieu of bending'down the nib-piece at d, the metal may of course be cut longitudinally at this locality and then bent downward,

when it will serve the same inclined depression.

Instead of depressing the tongueafte'r having out it out, it may be left as cut, and in:

purpose as the stead of depressing the nib-piece as at d it may v be left cylindrical, and after the parts have been slipped together the tongue may be started into the opening a from the outside of 20' the barrel as the nib-piece is turned.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the barrel provided witha transverse tongue, of the nib-piece 25 provided with a longitudinal opening to receive the tongue upon a relative turning of the barrel and nib-piece, as and for the purpose set forth.

Signed at New York city, in the county of 0 New York and State of New York, this 21st day of October, A. D. 1885.

1 J AOOB FELBEL.

Witnesses:

ANDREW W. STEIGER, JOHN A. CABOT. 

